The 7th edition of the world’s biggest sustainability film festival, Big Syn International Film Festival (BSIFF) is inviting entries for CSR, Ads and corporate videos (ESG, Brand, sustainability documentaries/messages), charity films, animations, short films, feature films, experimental films and documentaries.
The Big Syn International Film Festival is organised by Big Syn Institute, part of the Centre for Big Synergy, a CSO of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Dr. Sourav Roy, chief executive officer at Centre for Big Synergy, spoke at the POC Conference last year, accompanied by his nine-year-old environmental activist daughter, Moksha Roy.
Brands of all sizes are invited – last year one of the winning films from PUMA got amazing global media coverage on many business and other media outlets.
BSIFF is educating and inspiring millions to make sustainable changes all around them and to #actnow. Promoted by the Mayor of London, BSIFF is led by OSCAR-, BAFTA- and EMMY-winners, as well as leaders from sustainability, business, media and policy. The festival is also promoted by UN agencies(WMO, IMO, UNRIC), the British Council, BBC, YouTube Kids, Directors UK, Piccadilly Lights, Landsec, Products of Change and Children’s Media Foundation, amongst others.
All films made after Jan 2022 are welcome. Submission deadline is 22 Sep 2025.
Submit CSR/Corp films/Ads here or other content via the festival’s filmfreeway.com submission page.
The festival’s Grand Jury alumni include Deborah Meaden (BBC Dragons’ Den green investor), Baroness Prashar (House of Lords), Gabrielle Giner (BT Group’s Head of environmental sustainability), Professor Ioannis Ioannou (global leader in ESG, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, London Business School), Chris Tashima (OSCAR award winning director), Waad Alkateab (BAFTA and Cannes award winning filmmaker), Kevin Willmott (OSCAR, BAFTA winner), and President Obama’s US Ambassador (Rtd) Howard Gutman, to name a few.
The festival will be covered by UK and international press and media, and screen over 150 official selections to a worldwide audience of millions. So far, the festival has reached over 50M in 120+ countries and also hosts an exclusive showcase for UK’s underrepresented filmmakers (Marginalised UK) to celebrate the work of UK’s women, disabled, ethnic minorities and LGBTQIA+ filmmakers.
The winners will be declared at a red carpet gala awards on 7 Nov 2025 at Curzon Soho and will be attended by the festival participants, Grand Jury and alumni, leaders from sustainability, business & policy, patrons, leaders from film and media, production houses and Studios, C-suite professionals, and members of Government. The winners will then be announced and featured on London’s iconic Piccadilly lights – Europe’s largest screen. See festival highlights here.
